Civil-military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea: Swimming in a New Sea

by Finkelstein,David M.

• ISBN13: 9780765616593
• ISBN10: 0765616599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: East Gate Book

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Introduction	ix
David Finkelstein
Social Trends in China: Implications for the People's Liberation Army	3	(23)
Tony Saich
The Impact of Social Changes on the PLA: A Chinese Military Perspective	26	(22)
Xiaobing Li
The New Military Elite: Generational Profile and Contradictory Trends	48	(26)
Cheng Li
The Fourth-Generation Leaders and the New Military Elite	74	(22)
Yu Bin
The PLA and the Provinces: Military District and Local Issues	96	(35)
Zhiyue Bo
The Political Implications of PLA Professionalism	131	(15)
Lyman Miller
Unravelling the Myths About Political Commissars	146	(25)
You Ji
Searching for a Twenty-First-Century Officer Corps	171	(16)
Thomas J. Bickford
Educating the Officer Corps: The Chinese People's Liberation Army and Its Interactions with Civilian Academic Institutions	187	(15)
Kristen A. Gunness
China's Defense Budget: Is There Impending Friction Between Defense and Civilian Needs?	202	(12)
Joseph Fewsmith
The PLA in the New Economy: Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose	214	(21)
James Mulvenon
The Challenge of Conscription in an Era of Social Change	235	(20)
Sijin Cheng
Demobilization and Resettlement: The Challenge of Downsizing the People's Liberation Army	255	(15)
Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise
People's War in the Twenty-First Century: The Militia and the Reserves	270	(35)
Dennis J. Blasko
The Editors and Contributors	305	(6)
Index	311